Elgin High School - Panther Tracks Yearbook (Elgin, IA)

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HASS PRCPHECYQ X V -g.4A June 16, 1970 this summer we decided to spend our bustling metropolis f It seemed ages since w streamliner at Gunder journey At long last awaited call of the conductor reached our ears H ew York City The con ductor's voice sounded familiar W New York City h3Q boarded our and began our the anxiously vacation in the our old pal Gayle Nickels, we arrived at our hotel Hendrlckson greeted us and helped us from the cab The Empire State Building was the first stop on our tour the morning We stood on the observation balcony and looked out over the Who should we see taking pictures, but a LIFE photographer, Shirley We thought we had seen enough of high places so we decided to eat our in Central Park Ne had a pleasant conversation with Janice Schori, -of 1 -9 1 C' gathered together our luggage and hailed a cab After a breath taking ride by Gayle Nickels Taxi Company, owned by At the hotel we were greeted by the doorman Oops! excuse us, now the plush hotels are using oorwomenl Babe next city lunch the governess for the wealthy Vanderbilt children Poor Janie never did re cover from her broken romance! The Bronx Zoo was our next stop Ne noticed a large crowd gathered around the lion cages There we saw the lion tamer, a former EHS senior of '5h, Norma Pulfer putting the lions through their paces As we passed one of the empty caves the attendants were busy unloading a buffalo which wBring Em Back Aliven Ortb had sent from the jungles of Africa SEX, We left the zoo and continued on our way As we were nearing the hotel we passed a news stand where the hawker was calling the headlines that MHGBMB Jeanine Cook had just been appolnted Ambassador to Luxembourg We stopped to buy a paper and were greeted by nFritz1' Brackin, the owner the New York Times who was making the rounds of the newsstands checking up on sales We hurried off to Carnegie Fall where the evening's concert was featuring the famous conductor, Paul Pinney, and his philharmonic orchestra The solo harpist was none other than Mavis Fri den! By sheer coincidence we sat next to our old friend, Marvel Frederick, who is now living in Brooklyn After talking with her we learned that she had been very successful in her biological experiments with white mice From the concert we went to the Stork Club Je were uslered to our table and discovered that our quiet, dignified waiter was our old friend Robert Peters After placing our order, we were attracted by the floor show, which was featuring that well known nSentimental Crooner,n Stan Bover 0 Later that evening as we were ent rlnv the lobby of the hotel we were halled by the new receptionist, nrna Baumgartner Complimented her on her unusual 'halr do' and s e informed us that she had just come from HDennie and Nell1e's Elite Beauty Shoppe on Fifth Avenue. 3 ' 'i':'5 . I I O o , , l -. e , ' f +..Z.. 1 f fa!f'f'Jsg ' sa. A .y , --N . A- - nw ' Q . e A d . Il YI ' O west. . V N 'U -A - e -' a V 7 ' A I gx 9 to . V . . of ' . H M , , .Z Y 1 -A y , Q l y S ' I -es l , f u . v V Q I ,Q S',? ' I e ' g ' . 9 ' .. Y? . ' Vive I ' - 1 h A ll A